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Imdaad, the Dubai based award-winning integrated facilities management company, will be launching the first “Imdaad Work Series” at FM Expo, Middle East’s largest dedicated FM show. From 25 to 27 September at the Dubai World Trade Centre, the Imdaad Work Series will provide unique insights on facilities management and the disruptors behind the rapid transformation of this booming industry.

To give and to share are truly among the greatest pleasures on earth. It has been said that you have not lived until you have done something for someone that cannot repay you. The values and principles of humility, generosity and goodwill are ones that Mouawad deeply admires and connects to. They are at the core of the Robert Mouawad Foundation, with the promise of making a life-long difference to underprivileged children.

The Ministry of Environment and Water in cooperation with the Dubai Police, Dubai Municipality, the Dubai Sports Council and the Dubai Foundation for Ambulance Services, recently organized the ‘Walking for Better Health’ walkathon that took place at Khor Al Mamzar, Dubai. Drawing in more than 200 participants, the event was developed to complement the ‘World Day for Physical Activity’, and the ‘World Health Day’.

As part of the successful implementation of ‘Responsible Awareness Programme’, Al Bustan Centre & Residence partners with NMC Hospital to gain a better understanding of headache assessment and management.

The Invest in Mali Forum 2017, a major international event to promote Mali as a strategic location for business and investments in sub-Saharan Africa organised by the Mali Investment Promotion Agency (API-MALI) and supported by the World Bank will take place on December 7th and 8th 2017 in Bamako, Mali.

Asteco, the Middle East’s largest independent full service real estate company, has underscored the success of its licensing division with the inaugural Asteco Franchise Awards, which took place at Towers Rotana in Dubai recently.

DISTREE Middle East 2017 will include a packed conference programme comprising keynote presentations, workshops, VIP sessions and panel discussions. The event, which takes place from May 8-10th at the Meydan Hotel in Dubai, gathers together hundreds of senior executives from consumer tech vendors, distributors, retailers and e-tailers in one place at one time.

Dalma Mall celebrates the 100 Days of Wonders, a summer campaign that combines the quintessence of Ramadan, Eid Al Fitr, Summer, Back to school and Eid Al Adha for an ongoing, non-stop festival packed with action. Spread over 100 days, the festival will see a lot of activities within the mall premises to bridle the festivities of the season.

Jiu-Jitsu, which has made the Capital Abu Dhabi the hallmark event of the annual Jiu-Jitsu calendar, is set to return for the ninth edition from 10-23 April. FLASH Entertainment, the leading live event company in the region has been awarded by the UAE Jiu-Jitsu Federation to manage the event operations and logistics for the Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship for the fifth year in a row.

The high-level 7th Arabia CSR Forum, the latest edition of the leading annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainability forum in the Arab region, officially opened today (October 19, 2016) amidst mounting calls for a unified regional approach to sustainability. Being held under the patronage of the League of Arab States (LAS) and in cooperation with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the two-day forum organized by the Arabia CSR Network, a UAE-based regional think tank, is a climate-neutral event which will run until October 20, 2016.

HE Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi, Minister of State for Tolerance and Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the International Institute for Tolerance stressed the pioneering role of the United Arab Emirates represented by its wise Leadership, Government and people on the international arena, to promote the values ​​of tolerance, peace, coexistence and harmony, as well to realize and translate the hopes and aspirations of all its people, nationals and non-nationals, who together live in harmony on this land of goodwill, brotherhood and giving.

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced that Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.’s project “Development of Decommissioning Engineering Platform Based on 3D Plant Model” has won a 2014 Be InspiredAward.The project won in the “Innovation in Power Generation” category. The 2014 Be Inspired Awards winners were selected by nine independent panels of jurors comprising distinguished industry experts. The awards honor the extraordinary work of Bentley users improving and sustaining the world’s infrastructure, recognizing outstanding and innovative project achievements in infrastructure design, construction, and operations.

NEXA, the Regional Agency for Development, Investment and Innovation of Reunion Island will participate at the Gitex technology Week between the 16th and the 20th of October 2016 in Dubai. Reunion Island is a French and European Outermost Region, the wealthiest region in the Indian Ocean, an ideal vantage point for developing your business towards Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Africa. The island represents a European hub in the Indian Ocean and a territory near economic blocks: SADC, EAC, IOC.